A pilgrim and other people kneel before an altar as a Camaldolese monk opens a reliquary to show them a skull and a rope. Mezzotint by W. Giller after W. Simson.

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Camaldoli (Italy)

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A pilgrim and other people kneel before an altar as a Camaldolese monk opens a reliquary to show them a skull and a rope. Mezzotint by W. Giller after W. Simson.